Su Miaomiao had already distributed the chopsticks and was ready to start the meal, but Liu Honglin and his wife were still circling outside the door.
"It's all your fault for the wicked things you did. Now when I want to give someone a gift, I'm afraid they won't accept it."
Liu Honglin's tone was full of complaints, and he glared at Wang Lizhi fiercely while speaking.
Wang Lizhi lowered her head with a sad look on her face.
Her injuries have healed, but her condition in all aspects is not as good as before.
Before, she lived in the village. Although her life was hard, tiring and poor, every family was the same. She didn't feel that she was much worse off than others, and she felt relatively balanced.
But now she sees that other families have made money by collecting mountain products, and their lives are getting better day by day, but only her family is still living the hard life as before.
Not only are family conditions much worse than others, but other aspects are also incomparable to before.
In the past, she had frequent interactions with her relatives and helped each other. She also had several close friends in the village and they would visit each other regularly.
Ever since that incident, relatives and friends no longer associate with the couple, and her husband is unwilling to pay attention to her. There is no one around her who can listen to her.
Even her family, the ones she cared about the most, cut off contact with her. She had wanted to stand up for her family before, but when something really happened, her family didn't care about her life or death at all.
She finally saw clearly that she could not rely on anyone except her own man.
During this period, she was so worried that her hair turned white. She couldn't eat or sleep well, and the weight on her body was getting less and less every day. If she continued like this, she would become as thin as a bamboo pole.
Today she wanted to use Su Miaomiao's family's wedding banquet to ease the relationship, but when she arrived at the door, she didn't dare to go in, for fear that she would accidentally make the relationship worse.
At this moment she sighed deeply, then reached out and pulled Liu Honglin's sleeve and said.
"Old man, I'm sorry for you. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have suffered so much with me. From now on, I won't contact my family anymore. I want to live my life with you wholeheartedly. I don't know what to do in this situation now. Please think of a solution."
Before the incident, Wang Lizhi was the most stubborn and never apologized to anyone.
Liu Honglin could see that Wang Lizhi was really scared this time and really knew she was wrong.
After all, they have lived together for so many years, had children together, and raised them. It would be a lie to say that they have no feelings for each other.
Wang Lizhi has deserved the punishment she received during this period of time. As the head of the family, he is willing to give Wang Lizhi another chance.
But it was useless for him to forgive Wang Lizhi. It mainly depended on whether Xiao Yunfei and his wife were willing to let them go.
Liu Honglin looked down at the hand that was pulling his sleeve, sighed slightly, and then took the initiative to hold Wang Lizhi's hand.
"Okay, I'll go in and take a look at the situation. If the emperor is happy, he might grant amnesty to the entire country. Maybe Xiao Yunfei and his wife will be in a good mood today and let us go. Don't you think so?"
It was rare for the old man to look at her in a good mood. Wang Lizhi's eyes turned red with excitement and she nodded hurriedly.
"Okay, then go in and say something nice. If they say something unpleasant, old man, just bear with it and don't get angry. Do you understand?"
Liu Honglin couldn't help feeling annoyed when he thought about what he was going to do next, and he said in a bad mood.
"Do I need to be told that? How could I not know that I have to say something nice? Okay, you stay here, I'm going in."
As Liu Honglin said this, he let go of Wang Lizhi's hand, made up his mind and walked towards the yard.
Wang Lizhi stood there, stretching her neck to look at her man's back, her palms full of sweat from worry.
At the same time, Su Miaomiao and Xiao Yunfei had just finished speaking, asking everyone to eat and drink well, when Cui Fangzheng came over and said.
"Brother, sister-in-law, I saw Liu Honglin just entered the yard. Do you want me to help you drive him out?"
Liu Honglin is here?
Xiao Yunfei turned his head to look at Su Miaomiao and asked.
"Wife, what do you mean?"
"It's a happy day, and I don't want to cause any trouble. You go deal with him, and don't bother Brother Cui with anything that might offend others."
Su Miaomiao raised her eyes and glanced at Xiao Yunfei. Xiao Yunfei immediately understood and responded.
"Understood. I'll go and let him go."
"Well, I'm going to take my apprentices to eat first."
Su Miaomiao safely handed Liu Honglin to Xiao Yunfei, turned around and went to the cooking area, calling Zhang Wenhong and others who were still cleaning.
"Stop busying yourself, let's go and have dinner."
Zhang Wenhong and Li Changsheng looked at each other.
Normally they are the waiters, and in situations like today they have to wait until the guests have finished their meals before they can eat.
If there is no place, they will stand in the kitchen to eat. If there is not enough food, they will eat the leftovers of the other guests.
They were all a little surprised at this moment, said Zhang Wenhong.
"Master, my junior brother and I are not in a hurry. You can take Sister Xiangxiang and the others to eat. If there is any work to do later, we will do it."
Li Changsheng also said, "Yes, Master, you take them to eat. We will eat after the guests leave. You don't have to worry about us."
Lu Zhenzhen, who was wiping the stove, also straightened up and said.
"Sister Miaomiao, I'm not in a hurry to eat. I'm with Brother Wenhong and Brother Changsheng."
She is not Su Miaomiao's apprentice yet, so she cannot call Su Miaomiao master, but she thinks that her relationship with Su Miaomiao is different from the relationship between Zhang Feifei and others and Su Miaomiao.
Her requirements for herself are the same as those of Zhang Wenhong and Li Changsheng. She does whatever Li Changsheng and others do.
During this period, Su Miaomiao treated her no differently from her two apprentices. She had been working hard to learn how to cook, hoping to be accepted as Su Miaomiao's apprentice as soon as possible.
Hearing the three of them say this, Chu Xiangxiang and the others also hurriedly spoke.
"We are not in a hurry to eat. We are all family. Let outsiders eat first. After they finish eating, if there are any leftovers, we will have a bite. If there are no leftovers, forget it."
Zhang Feifei said, "Yes, we don't have much to say among ourselves. As long as we serve the guests well, a happy ending is better than anything else."
Xiao Yuhong also said, "Sister-in-law, please don't be polite to us."
Yang Xiaogang and the other men also stood still, acting as if they were not going to eat even if they were not alive, just standing there waiting, to ensure that they could take over immediately when needed.
Wu Feng and his family didn't go up the mountain these two days. They would rather earn less but free up their time to come and help her and Xiao Yunfei in advance. She saw all of this and kept it in mind.
Everyone came to help her with the work because they had a good relationship with her and treated her as one of their own.
In this case, she is even more unwilling to let her own people suffer injustice and wants to do her best to satisfy everyone.
Su Miaomiao said with a smile.
"I'm not being polite. We're all done now, and the food is served. There shouldn't be much work left to do. Even if there is, it's okay. We can get up and do it later. So just listen to me. It's time to eat, or the food will get cold. We worked so hard to make these dishes, and it would be a shame if we don't eat them."
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